Jonathan Swift

Welcome to the Johnathan Swift page!



The noteworthy quotes section from Travels is good, and the innovations section is pretty good, too. Click HERE!

If you haven't already been to this site, here is bio of author. Wikepedia. (Conner)

This tells what a Tory is and what a Whig is.

Info on the politics and the civil war.

Wikipedia stuff on Gulliver's Travels

Criticism on Gulliver's Travels. (Conner)

Swift being sexist. Possibility? (Conner)

contemporary criticism, critical overview, insights on main characters, key themes, and historical context. also on this site are further sources for more research.

Info on some important people in the book: Francis Atterbury (pg 161), Royal Society (pg 149), George I (lots of pages), Robert Walpole (pg 145), George Berkeley (pg 73).